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Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.
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Herbs 40-150 cm tall, glabrous. Stems usually branched. Leaf blade pinnately compound with 3-5 leaflets, 10-30 cm; petiolules 2-4 cm; leaflet blades oblong to elliptic, 6-8 × 3-5 cm, margin crenate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, 10-40 cm, many flowered. Flowers pendulous. Calyx tubular, 2-4 cm. Corolla reddish to purple, to 5 cm, base sparsely ciliate; lobes ovate-lanceolate. Stamens inserted basally on corolla. Nectar scales oblong. Follicles included in calyx and corolla tube. Seeds striate. Fl. Jan-Mar.
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Whole plant: Infusion for a febrifuge. Leaf: Leaves and leaf-juice mixed with coconut oil and Carapa oil are rubbed on the head to treat violent and persistent headache. Leaf-juice (or flower) put into eyes to treat conjunctivitis. Warmed leaves applied to hernia. Leaf-juice drunk with salt for colds, coughs, grippe, loose bowels and teething babies; juice for sores, ulcers and swellings. Poultice of roasted leaves or juice from macerated leaves is used for treating ringworm, by the Guyana Patamona. Macerated leaves are used as an antibacterial, as an antifungal, as an antiseptic, as an emollient, for treating diaper rash and for treating sores, by the Guyana Patamona. Macerated leaves are warmed and used as an enti-oedemic, by the Guyana Patamona. Leaves are macerated, soaked in water, and used as shampoo, by the Guyana Patamona. Leaves used for sore eyes, coughs and colds, sores, and wounds and cuts in NW Guyana.
Habit: Herb
antiinflamatória, antialérgica, antiulcera e imunossupressiva.. tratamento de furúnculos e por via oral para tosse, anexite e gastrite. Folha. xarope e sumo.
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Crassula pinnata Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 191. 1782; Bryophyllum calycinum Salisbury; Kalanchoe pinnata (Linnaeus f.) Persoon.
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FG Creole: caractere des hommes, feuille paisse. FG Palikur: kragbimnak. Guyana: balsam, leaf-of-life, sagiwanor, tree-of-life. Surinam: wonderblad. Guyana Patamona: a-rak-kik-yik, pa-lea-rah-yik.
Cultivated and naturalized. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [native to Africa; naturalized elsewhere].
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This species is cultivated as an ornamental and is used medicinally.
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ÁFRICA
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Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam.) Kurz